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Stuffed Parantha:
1.Alu Parantha (Unleavened Bread stuffed with Potatoes)
Ingredients for filling:
1 1/2 cups water
4 large potatoes
2 medium onions(finely chopped)
2 green chillies(finely chopped)
1 and 1/2 tbsp coriander leaves(finely chopped)
2 1/2 tsp salt
11/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 1/4 coriander powder
A pinch of pepper
1 tbsp pomegranate seeds (crushed)
Ingredients for dough:
3 3/4 cups sifted wheat flour
1/2tspsalt
1 1/4cups (300ml) water
1/2 cup (120gm) ghee/margarine for frying.
Method:-
1. To make the filling: Pressure cook the potatoes till tender. Remove from heat. Cool, peel and mash the potatoes. Add remaining ingredients and mix. Heat a non-stick pan and add the filling to it. Stir with a spatula till its golden brown. Remove from heat and cool. Grease your hands and make 12 balls of 4 cm in diameter. Keep covered.
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2. To make dough: Mix flour, salt and 3/4 cup water. Keep adding and mixing remaining water, 2 tbsp at a time, till dough becomes soft. Don't let the dough become wet and sticky. Knead for about 2mins till dough is smooth and elastic. Keep covered with a damp cloth for about 1/2 hour.
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3. Grease your hands and knead dough briefly again. Make 12 balls approx 4cm in diameter. Keep covered with a damp cloth.
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4. Roll each ball, on a floured board, of dough into a flat round 10cm in diameter. Stuff each ball of filling into each round of dough.
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5. Heat the griddle on medium heat till a drop of water splutters instantly when flicked on it. Put paratha on griddle. Turn and cook on both sides till brown in color. Serve hot, accompanied with curd.
2.Rajma Paranthas:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup red kidney beans (rajma)
3-4 green chillies
8-10 mint leaves
1/2 tsp pomegranate seeds
1 cup whole wheat flour (atta)
2tbsp Soya bean flour
Red chilli powder
2 tbsp tomato puree
Salt to taste
2 tsps refined oil.
Method:-
1. Wash and soak overnight. Pressure cook in 2 cups salted water until tender. Drain, cool and mash well. Keep the cooking liquor.
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2. Remove stem of green chillies and chop finely. Wash and chop mint leaves. Grind dry pomegranate seeds.
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3. Mix wheat flour, Soya bean flour, mashed rajma, red chilli powder, chopped green chillies, dry pomegranate powder, chopped mint leaves, tomato puree and salt to taste.
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4. Knead into soft dough by mixing the saved kidney bean liquor and elastic dough. Apply oil and cover the dough with a moist cloth for 15 minutes.
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5. Divide into 8-10 equal sized balls. Roll out each portion into 5-6 inches rounds.
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6. Heat a griddle. Put a parantha and cook on both sides. Increase heat, apply 1 tsp of oil to the first cooked side. Then cook again pressing it with a spoon to give make it crisp and brown. Serve hot with yoghurt.
3.Gobi Parantha (Unleavened Bread Stuffed With Cauliflower):
Ingredients For The Filling:
3 medium cauliflowers
5tsp salt
2 medium onions finely chopped
1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
5 green chillies finely chopped
1/4 cup coriander leaves finely chopped
1/2 cup ghee/ margarine for frying.
Ingredients For Dough:
4 cups(400gm)sifted wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
11/3 cups+1 tbsp water.
Method:-
To make dough: Mix flour, salt and 1 cup water. Keep adding and mixing remaining water, 2 tbsp at a time, till dough becomes soft. Don't let the dough become wet and sticky. Knead for about 2mins till dough is smooth and elastic. Keep covered with a damp cloth for about 1/2 hour.
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To make filling: Grate cauliflower and mix with salt. Keep aside for 15 minutes. Squeeze out water. Add remaining ingredients and mix.
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Grease your hands and knead dough briefly again. Make 12 balls approx 4cm in diameter. Keep covered with a damp cloth.
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On a floured board, roll each ball of dough into a flat round 10 cm in diameter. Keep covered with a damp cloth.
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To stuff paranthas: Take 5 1/2 tbsp of filling for each round of dough. Stuff the parathas and roll out.
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Heat the griddle on medium heat till a drop of water splutters instantly when flicked on it. Put paratha on griddle. Turn and cook on both sides till brown in color. Serve hot, accompanied with curd.
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